# Caption Wire — Read live captions your way

> Read live captions your way (iPhone/iPad app by MICHAEL ANGELO DURGIN.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/caption-wire/id6801311976 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [MICHAEL ANGELO DURGIN](https://appshunter.io/developer/6791267484)
- Category: Productivity, Business
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 35 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-16
- Data updated: 2026-10-14

## What is Caption Wire?

Caption Wire is a viewer for live captions. A captioner writes, and the words land on your device as they are written.

GETTING IN

Open the link your captioner sent you, scan their QR code, or type the job code on the first screen. There is no account to create and no password to remember.

MADE TO BE READ

Captions are no use if you cannot read them comfortably. Change the typeface, the text size, the colors and the line width, and the captions redraw as you go. There are ready made light and dark looks, or pick your own colors. The typeface list includes a rounded face taken from the British Dyslexia Association's style guide.

SET IT ONCE

Whatever you pick becomes your default for every job you open, not just this one. Somebody who needs large text does not have to set it again every morning.

ASK A QUESTION

If something is unclear, send a short note to the captioner working your job. It goes to them and to nobody else. There is no feed, no other users, and no way for a stranger to reach you.

AFTER THE JOB

If your captioner makes the transcript available, you can read it back in the app, move through it, and save your own marks on the parts you want to find again. Your marks stay on your phone.

HAVE A LOOK FIRST

You do not need a code to see how it works. Tap "See a sample session" on the first screen and a recorded session plays in the real viewer, with all the same controls. It runs with no network connection at all.

WHO IT IS FOR

Attorneys and participants in depositions and hearings, deaf and hard of hearing people in meetings and classrooms, and anyone handed a link by the captioner working their event.

## Is Caption Wire safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Caption Wire.

## Is Caption Wire legit?

Caption Wire has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Caption Wire is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.13.0 — 2026-09-23

- Opening a session already in progress now lands on the latest captions right away, instead of scrolling through from the beginning.

### 1.12.0 — 2026-09-19

Readers can set their own look now.

• Pick any text and background color. Type a hex code, tap one of the eight caption colors, or drag on the color square.
• Display defaults shows a sample of the captions, so you can see the look before you leave the screen.
• Hide top bar, for a screen with nothing on it but the words. If the stream ends or the connection drops, a small tag says so.
• The waiting room shows when the job starts instead of "Starting shortly."
• Job links with a name, like /v/Class_Sept6, open in the app, including scanned QR codes.

Fixes:
• Dragging a color no longer lags in a long job.
• Dragging sideways inside a color picker no longer backs you out of the screen.
• No blank line under a finished sentence.
• Turning a background picture back on shows what the job is showing now, not the one from last time.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-16

No release notes.

## More apps by MICHAEL ANGELO DURGIN

- [Steno Keyboard Pocket](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/steno-keyboard-pocket/id6792498937)

All apps by MICHAEL ANGELO DURGIN: https://appshunter.io/developer/6791267484

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